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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Waiting on Wednesday #28: "Burning Glass" by Kathryn Purdie

"Waiting on Wednesday" is a weekly event, hosted Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Title: "Burning Glass"

Author: Kathyrn Purdie

Publication Date: March 1, 2016

Sonya was born with the
rare gift to feel what those around her feel—both physically and
emotionally—a gift she’s kept hidden from the empire for seventeen long
years. After a reckless mistake wipes out all the other girls with
similar abilities, Sonya is hauled off to the palace and forced to serve
the emperor as his sovereign Auraseer.

Tasked with sensing the
intentions of would-be assassins, Sonya is under constant pressure to
protect the emperor. One mistake, one small failure, will cost her own
life and the lives of the few people left in the world who still trust
her.

But Sonya’s power is untamed and reckless, her feelings
easily usurped, and she sometimes can’t decipher when other people’s
impulses end and her own begin. In a palace full of warring emotions and
looming darkness, Sonya fears that the biggest danger to the empire may
be herself.

As she struggles to wrangle her abilities, Sonya
seeks refuge in her tenuous alliances with the volatile Emperor Valko
and his idealistic younger brother, Anton, the crown prince. But when
threats of revolution pit the two brothers against each other, Sonya
must choose which brother to trust—and which to betray.